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Ex-senator wins Brittany Higgins defamation case
Former Senator Linda Reynolds seeks $500,000 in damages for reputational harm from Brittany Higgins' 2023 social media posts amid a costly legal battle with high-profile witnesses.
- Former Senator Linda Reynolds won her defamation case against Brittany Higgins, with the judge ruling that Higgins' posts were defamatory and lacking a truth defense.
- The judge awarded Reynolds a total of $315,000 in damages due to the defamatory nature of the social media posts.
- Higgins and her husband failed to prove their tweets were true, although one defense claim was allowed, relating to honest opinion.
- A major manhunt continues for Dezi Freeman, the suspect in the shooting of two police officers in Victoria.
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Brittany Higgins responds after $315k defamation loss to ex-senator Linda Reynolds
Brittany Higgins has apologised after her former boss Linda Reynolds emerged "vindicated" and triumphant from a bitter defamation battle.Reynolds launched a defamation lawsuit over a series of Higgins' social media posts the ex-senator believed damaged her reputation.The Western Australian Supreme Court today found the posts were defamatory and awarded damages of $315,000 plus $26,109 interest, with costs still to be determined.LIVE UPDATES: Su…
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